Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Green investors to step up pressure on U.S. utilities after court ruling
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment leaders who have urged U.S. companies to cut carbon emissions said on Friday they expect more such efforts following a milestone U.S. Supreme Cour...
Jul 01, 2022
Biden: Not enough Senate votes to change filibuster for abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told a group of Democratic U.S. governors on Friday there were not enough votes in the Senate to scrap the filibuster to protect abortion rights after the Sup...
Jul 01, 2022
Abortion drug maker says Mississippi can’t ban pill despite Supreme Court ruling
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The maker of a drug used in medication abortions has told a federal judge that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling eliminating the nationwide right to abortion does no...
Jul 01, 2022
Explainer-How the conservative Supreme Court is reshaping U.S. law
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's most consequential term in decades, with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change policy, ...
Jul 01, 2022
New York may ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawmakers began voting on Friday on revamped gun laws that would ban guns from a long list of "sensitive places," including Times Square, after the U.S....
Jul 01, 2022
U.S. abortion ruling ignites retail interest in women contraceptive makers – Vanda
By Mrinalika Roy and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Retail investors have flocked to small biotech firms that make women contraceptives after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the Roe v. Wade rulin...
Jul 01, 2022
Biles, Rapinoe to be honored among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four-times Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and twice World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe are among 17 individuals set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest Unite...
Jul 01, 2022
Georgetown’s ex-tennis coach gets 2-1/2 years in prison in U.S. college scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Georgetown University tennis coach was sentenced on Friday to 2-1/2 years in prison for helping children of wealthy parents get into the school in exchange ...
Jul 01, 2022
Millions hit the road for U.S. Fourth of July holiday
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Gigi Zamora NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of people traveling by car and airplane for the Fourth of July holiday is expected to climb near pre-pandemic levels, a test for U....
Jul 01, 2022
Yellowstone reopens access to northern areas after historic flooding
By Randi Love (Reuters) - Yellowstone National Park will reopen its north loop on Saturday in time for the U.S. Fourth of July holiday weekend after historic flooding forced the entire park to close o...
Jul 01, 2022
On Air Now
Fri Aug 28
Sheboygan, WI, USA
59°FWind/Dir: 9 MPH-N
Humidity: 100%
